Brendan Steele gets back in the swing this week on the PGA Tour in the Sony Open in Hawaii, played at the Waialae Country Club in Honolulu.Last year in this tournament, the Idyllwild native tied with Cameron Smith for first place at 269, but was defeated in a playoff leaving him in sole possession of…
According to the Riverside University Health System – Public Health (RUHS) website, the area of Idyllwild-Pine Cove has a total of 69 reported COVID-19 cases since the outbreak and one death reported. Forty-six of the 69 people have recovered.Gov. Gavin Newsom put the Southern California region on a Stay-at-Home order. The order, which includes Riverside…
The Town Crier reports on several public agencies that are covered by other media as well. But the Town Crier is the sole monitor of six public agencies on our Hill that are covered by no other media source.Occasionally, the Town Crier has been tasked with reporting on local public agency occurrences we wish had…
Idyllwild Postmaster Mark Smith has resigned after holding the position for about four months. According to remaining Idyllwild post office staff, Smith left a resignation note on a back-room table at the end of a shift early last week and has not returned. Employees Christine Reitz and Kelsi Lehman did their best to staff the…
Occasionally, irregularities occur in the administration of our local public agencies —sometimes unintentionally, sometimes otherwise. Some are quickly corrected, others you have to wonder about: a public agency whose books are not outside-audited for five years, for example, or one that uses never-before-heard-of accounting practices.The Town Crier reports on these and other irregularities and follows…
Brendan Steele scored the rarest hole-score in golf Thursday at the Mayakoba Golf Classic in Mexico: a double eagle, also known as an albatross. At the 532-yard par-5 13th hole, the Idyllwild native’s second shot from the fairway found the green and curled into the cup for a 3-under-par score of two on the hole.Brendan…
Brendan Steele will tee it up this week in the $7.3-million Mayakoba Golf Classic at the El Camaleón Golf Club in Playa del Carmen, Mexico.The Idyllwild native tied for 41st last year at Mayakoba, and hopes to do better this time. Brendan has dropped to 173rd on this season’s FedExCup points list after missing the…
On occasion, the Town Crier must challenge authority — sometimes those who run our local public agencies for us. Some of these folk are administrators and some are board members you elected.But please remember: They do not own the public agencies they operate — you do. They work for you. You need to be able…
BBVA and PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. have announced that PNC will acquire BBVA USA, of which Idyllwild’s BBVA bank is a branch. BBVA USA is a banking subsidiary of BBVA USA Bancshares, Inc., the whole of which is being purchased by PNC.The transaction is not expected to be formally approved by regulatory agencies until…
You all know Doug Austin. An imposing figure of a man, both in and out of Dickensian garb, Doug was Idyllwild’s most beloved master of ceremonies, volunteering at just about any community event until recently when health considerations required him to move off our Hill.A champion of literacy, Doug encourages young and old alike to…
